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THEATER
- Playwrights
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Carol
Klimick
Cyganowski
Associate Professor
English
(773) 325 - 7537
Women playwrights, the Chicago theatre scene.
E-mail: cklimick@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Administration
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Alan
Salzenstein
Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Performing Arts Management program
(773) 325 - 1038
Theatre and performing arts management, producing and presenting; board development, fundraising. Member of Lawyers for the Creative Arts.
E-mail: asalzens@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Directing
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Dexter
Bullard
Professor
(773) 325 - 7982
Award-winning director dedicated to directing new plays, re-visioning classics and creating original theater for Chicago. Founder of Plasticene, a physical theater company whose improvisationally developed, experimental works have been critically acclaimed. Specializes in project development, ensemble creation, improvisation and physical theater.
E-mail: dbullard@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Musical Theater
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Mark
Elliott
Adjunct Professor
(773) 325 - 7924
Provided musical direction for more than 100 theater productions and composed original scores and incidental music for more than 50 theatre productions in Chicago, regionally and off-Broadway. A specialist in musical theater performance, musical theater history, lyric writing for musical theater and Stephen Sondheim.
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THEATER
- Production
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Chris
Hofmann
Director of Technical Operations
Merle Reskin Theatre
(773) 325 - 7976
Extensive technical theater credits include work as a designer, rigger, carpenter, property master and technical director for numerous theaters of varying sizes.
E-mail: chofmann@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Make-up
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Nan
Zabriskie
Adjunct Faculty
(773) 325 - 7980
Head of the make-up program. Specializes in mask and mold making, prosthetics and specialty make-up, such as animals, fairies, diseases and wounds. Teaches actors and costume designers. Implements hair and make-up for all productions. Also a costume designer with extensive credits in Chicago and elsewhere.
E-mail: nzabrisk@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Administration
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Roche
Schulfer
Adjunct Faculty
(773) 325 - 7917
Theater administration. Executive director of the Goodman Theatre since 1986.Past chairman of the American Arts Alliance, the advocacy organization for more than 2,500 arts institutions across the country. A dedicated advocate of the arts who has received the Sidney R. Yates Individual Advocate Award from the Illinois Arts Council.
E-mail: rschulfe@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Administration
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Leslie
Shook
Adjunct Faculty and Theatre Manager
Merle Reskin Theatre
(773) 325 - 7965
Non-profit theater management, non-profit theater marketing, audience development.
E-mail: lshook@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Stage Combat
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Nick
Sandys
Pullin
Adjunct Faculty
(773) 325 - 4109
Certified teacher and fight director with the Society of American Fight Directors. Resident Fight Director for Lyric Opera of Chicago. Choreographs stage combat for professional theaters and colleges. Expert in historical swordplay, self-defense and safety techniques. Specializes in Medieval and early modern English drama.
E-mail: npullin@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Directing
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Barry
Brunetti
Associate Professor
Theatre Arts Program
(773) 325 - 7959
Acting, directing, rehearsal process, theatre history. Actors' Equity Association member.
E-mail: bbrunett@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- History and Criticism
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Barry
Brunetti
Associate Professor
Theatre Arts Program
(773) 325 - 7959
Teaches history of dramatic literature. Also a specialist in English composition and the writing process.
E-mail: bbrunett@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Administration
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Jason
Beck
Director of Admissions
(773) 325 - 7999
College admission process and preparation; preparing for auditions/interviews; Theatre School programs and conservatory-based education.
E-mail: jbeck1@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- History and Criticism
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Rachel
Shteir
Associate Professor
Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
(773) 325 - 7533
Widely-published writer and cultural critic whose reviews and essays have appeared in national publications, including the New York Times, Slate, The Nation, Chicago Tribune and the Village Voice. Author of 2004 book on burlesque titled Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show. Has written two books: one on Gypsy Rose Lee, another on kleptomania (due for publication in 2010).
E-mail: rshteir@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Lighting Design
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Christine
Binder
Associate Professor
cbinder@depaul.edu
(312) 362 - 7931
Has designed lighting for more than 150 productions, including operas and stage plays, in Chicago and around the country.
E-mail: cbinder@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Children's Theatre
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Lisa
Portes
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7993
Current artistic director for Chicago Playworks, the school's children's theater series for families and young audiences.
E-mail: eportes@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Administration
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John
Bridges
Assistant Dean
(773) 325 - 7943
Theater photography, alumni relations and academic administration.
E-mail: jbridges@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Costume Design
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Laura
Whitlock
Adjunct Faculty
(773) 325 - 4838
Specializes in dyeing, hat making (millinery), mask making, costume crafts, the aging and distressing of clothes and American art pottery. Owner of Laura Whitlock Millinery.
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THEATER
- Costume Design
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Nan
Cibula-Jenkins
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7922
Costume history, 18th century social history, fabric properties. Chair of the costume design program and costume designer for theater, opera, ballet, film, television, Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Designed costumes for David Mamet's motion pictures House of Games and Homicide.
E-mail: njenkins@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Hearing Impaired and Shadowed Signed Theatre
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Leslie
Shook
Manager
Merle Reskin Theater
(773) 325 - 7965
Sign language interpreting; audio describing and open captioning. Founding president of Chicagoland Advocates for Signed Theatre (C.A.S.T.).
E-mail: lshook@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Lighting Design
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John
Culbert
Dean
(773) 325 - 7954
Award-winning designer with experience in theater technology and design of lighting and scenery for theatre, television, film and opera. Designed lighting for
Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain.
E-mail: jculbert@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Sound Design
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Josh
Horvath
Adjunct Faculty
(773) 325 - 4837
Award-winning theatrical sound designer, composer and technician with numerous Chicago and regional credits.
E-mail: horvathsound@aol.com
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THEATER
- Actor Training
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Dexter
Bullard
Professor
(773) 325 - 7982
Artistic director of The Theatre School Showcase. An award-winning director who has taught acting, physical theatre and Spolin-based improvisation throughout the city of Chicago. Specializes in original ensemble creation and project development. Dedicated to directing new plays and re-visioning classics.
E-mail: dbullard@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Directing
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Lisa
Portes
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7993
Director of numerous professional theater productions. Primarily interested in new plays and musicals.
E-mail: eportes@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Production
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Frank
Wukitsch
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7953
Head of the stage management program. Theater technology, Specializing in antique tools, cabinet making and furniture restoration. Teaches stage management, production management and theater technology.
E-mail: fwukitsc@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Playwrights
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Dean
Corrin
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7932
Head of playwriting program and author of many plays, several of which have been produced across the country. Member of the Playwrights Ensemble at the Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theater.
E-mail: dcorrin@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Movement
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John
Jenkins
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7962
Movement advisor for numerous shows and master teacher of the Alexander Technique.
E-mail: jjenkins@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Movement
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Patrice
Egleston
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7934
A certified Feldenkrais© practitioner and has trained in the Alexander Technique, period styles, Suzuki Method and stage combat. Extensive experience choreographing movement in local and regional theatres.
E-mail: peglesto@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Actor Training
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John
Jenkins
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7962
Chair of the Performance Department and director of numerous productions. Has extensive acting credits in theater and film in the United States and abroad.
E-mail: jjenkins@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Costume Design
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Janet
C.
Messmer
Professor
(773) 325 - 7964
Head of costume technology program; draper and cutter for theater, opera, ballet and film. Fashion history and social customs. Costume Curator for the Evanston History Center.
E-mail: jmessmer@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Voice and Speech
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Claudia
Anderson
Associate Professor
Head of Voice and Speech
(773) 325 - 4661
Voice and speech training for actors, including text-speaking dialects, phonetics and singing for musical theater and cabaret. Designated Linklater voice teacher. Founding member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. Has numerous dialect coaching credits in Chicago and elsewhere.
E-mail: cander11@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Voice and Speech
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Trudie
Kessler
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 4989
Designated Linklater voice teacher, specialist in the Lessac voice method, teacher of the Meisner acting approach.
E-mail: tkessler@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Voice and Speech
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Phyllis
E.
Griffin
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7944
Certified by the Lessac Institute in the Lessac approach to voice and speech. Has served as vocal coach for numerous theater productions and films and provided vocal instruction for several private business leaders.
E-mail: pgriffin@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Stage Combat
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Patrice
Egleston
Associate Professor
(773) 325 - 7934
Extensive experience choreographing stage combat in local and regional theaters.
E-mail: peglesto@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Scene Design
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John
Culbert
Dean
(773) 325 - 7954
Award-winning designer with experience in theater technology and designing lighting and scenery for theater, television, film and opera.
E-mail: jculbert@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Scene Design
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Linda
Buchanan
Professor
(773) 325 - 7933
Head of the scenic design program. Award-winning designer of environments for theater, corporate meetings and interiors with local, regional and international experience. A specialist in projection for theater.
E-mail: lbuchana@depaul.edu
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THEATER
- Directing
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Douglas
Long
Adjunct Professor
College of Communication
(773) 325 - 4569
Performance studies. Has directed more than 50 plays, most of them in Chicago and the surrounding area.
E-mail: dlong@depaul.edu
